CHAPTER 13:

Nico POV

Seeing my sister standing there was the most glorious feeling in the world.

She threw her arms around me, and hugged me back.

I pulled away after a few minutes, and noticed that I towered over her now.

She noticed also. "Nico! How old, physically at least, are you?" She demanded.

I thought for a moment. "14 years old. But I guess you're still 12." She looked slightly upset at this, but hugged me again.

Percy and Annabeth were standing there, watching us. His arm was slung casually over her shoulder and they both had tears in their eyes.

Percy saw me watching him, and nudged Annabeth gently.

He leaned down and whispered something in her ear, and they both waved to us and made their way into the kitchen.

"Nico, you have to tell me everything that's happened." So I did. The Titan War, the Giant War, Tartarus-everything.

After a moment, she threw her arms around me and hugged me again.

Seeing her here, was amazing-I thought I would never see her again.

Leo POV

As soon as I woke up, I immediately showered and got dressed. This took only a few moments because I was pumped with adrenaline.

I ran to Calypso's room and knocked on the door impatiently. A lovely girl with caramel colored hair who was dressed in a flowy white dress opened the door. She had a black and white messenger bag slung over her shoulder.

Her eyes widened when she saw me. "Leo!" She screamed, flinging her arms around me. "Hermes told me I would leave the island, and that I should immediately get ready to go to school, but I didn't know that you were here!" She whispered.

I explained everything to her. Her eyes got slightly teary, and she threw her arms around me again. "You wished for me to be released from my island?" I nodded.

She leaned in and kissed me. I felt like I was flying.

"Thank you, Leo." She said after she had pulled away.

She grasped my hand tightly and we made our way over to the kitchen.

We saw everyone already there, and there was another girl with black hair and she looked suspiciously like Nico. This must be Bianca then.

We made a few quick introductions, and then Thalia stepped forward.

"Bianca, Lady Artemis asked if you would like to re-join the Hunters…" She asked carefully.

Nico immediately squeezed his sister's hand and closed his eyes.

Bianca smiled at Thalia. "I would, but right now, I need to focus on the fact that I have a brother and that I can't abandon him again." Nico's eyes widened and he hugged his sister tightly.

After that, we started walking to the garage and then we drove to school.

Once we had all arrived at school, Nico and I brought Bianca and Calypso to the office to get their schedules. We had to use the Mist to make Bianca look older, but whatever.

We arranged it so that they would have the same schedules as us, except for the electives.

We all started walking to Mr. Blofis's room for Homeroom.

He was ecstatic to see us, and was quite surprised that I was dating THE Calypso.

We headed from class to class until lunch time.

We introduced Bianca and Calypso to all of the mortals that we were friends with.

Everything was going really well, until David appeared at the table.

We all internally groaned, except for Annabeth, who didn't bother to hide her disgust.

Annabeth POV

"Hey, there, Annabeth. Listen how about me and you go see a movie tonight?" David said, sitting in the seat next to me, and getting super close to me.

I push him away. "Personal space, dude. And NO. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND."

Percy, who had gone to the bathroom, had just arrived back to the table, and he scowled when he saw David.

He stalked over to me, and clasped my hand. "David. What are you doing?" He asked tightly.

"Nothing. Just inviting Annabeth to see a movie with me tonight." He said nonchalantly.

"AND I SAID NO. Get it through your head that I DON'T LIKE YOU." I said, screaming the last part.

"Sure." He said, rolling his eyes. Then he leaned into me, I started to lean away, but the table prevented me from doing that.

Then, he made his fatal mistake. He kissed me.

Percy's eyes were wide. But when he saw the smug look on David's face, he stood up, growling.

Everyone at the table was staring at us, wide-eyed.

I pushed Percy down. "Let me do this, please." He was shocked, but nodded when he saw the malicious look on my face.

I turned to David, who was still looking ridiculously smug. I grabbed his arm, and twisted it, causing him to scream in pain.

I kicked his legs out from underneath him, and, still holding his arm tightly, kicked him in the shoulder, probably dislocating it.

Then I sat in Percy's lap as if nothing had happened.

He kissed my cheek. "Are you okay?" He asked, concerned. He was ignoring the feeble moaning of David crying for help.

I nodded. "Perfectly fine, thanks, Seaweed Brain." I say, kissing him lightly.

Piper interrupted. "Should we bring him to the nurse, or just leave him?"

I thought about it for a second. "Nah, just leave him."

Thalia started laughing. "Kelp Head, now you HAVE to try out for the swim team, the look on his face would be priceless!" She said through her giggles.

Percy hesitated for a second. Then he looked at David's nearly unconscious figure, then back at me. He turned to Thalia. "Why not?" He asked.

We all erupted into cheers.

We started to walk to Greek class. When we arrived, Chiron began taking roll call.

"Jackson, Percy?" He called.

"Right here." Percy said.

"Jacobs, David?" He called.

No answer.

"David?" He asked again.

The demigods were all muffling their laughs.

Chiron noticed, unfortunately.

"What did you do?" He accused.

I stood up. "He kissed me. Now he's on the cafeteria floor, practically unconscious." I say, proud.

Chiron stifled his laugh as well.

"Alright, then." Then he changed the subject. "We're going to do a longer demonstration today. The Se- er… Annabeth, Percy, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Leo, and Jason. All of you."

We all stood up.

Hazel began. "Annabeth, why did your mom call you and Percy up to her throne yesterday?" She asked.

"She wanted to make sure Percy would never hurt me, which of course he wouldn't, and she wanted to tell me that 5 of my mortal friends would be staying with us for a month as a birthday present for me." I answered.

They all nodded.

Then Piper piped up. "Oh gosh, Percy! My mom wants me to tell you that your little 'I don't deserve Annabeth' speech was adorable and made her cry!" She exclaimed.

Leo snorted and murmured something. "Wow, Pipes's Aphrodite side is showing today…"

Percy and I blushed. "I was just telling the truth." He mumbled.

Thalia saw that I was about to disagree. "Remember, agree to disagree." She said, and we all laughed.

"Do you think dad made the portal to connect that camps yet?" Jason asked.

Chiron interrupted. "What portal?" He asked.

Frank gasped. "We forgot to tell you our wishes!" He said.

So we all, one by one, said our wishes.

Chris, then Clarisse, then Connor and Travis, (though Connor was blushing and avoiding Juliet's eyes) then Katie, then Jason, then Piper, then Leo, then Nico, then Thalia, then me and Percy.

Chiron was wide-eyed. "Percy! You turned down Zeus's offer of immortality AGAIN and his offer of becoming King of the Gods! Why?" He asked.

Percy looked at me, his eyes full of love and passion. I blushed.

"Annabeth." He said, forgetting to speak in Greek. Everyone's eyes turned to me, and I blushed even more.

Chiron looked at me for a second. "I see. Did Piper tell you that her mother said that it wasn't her that put you two together?" He asked, and we nodded.

He smiled. "Well, I'm still happy for you. Now let's get the lesson started." He said, and we all nodded and sat back down.

We were about to being the lesson, this particular one on Theseus, when the announcements crackled.

"Would Ms. Thalia Grace and Ms. Annabeth Chase please report to the office? There are new students we would like for you to show around. Thank you."

Thalia and I exchanged looks and then stood up and walked to the office.

When we arrived there, we saw two girls, one who had long blonde hair with blue streaks and light blue eyes and was denims shorts and a purple v-neck top, and the other with short brown hair in a bob and pretty hazel colored eyes and was wearing a sundress.

Jess greeted Thalia and I, and then introduced us to the girls.

"These girls are adopted sisters, and have been together since they were 3 years old. This is Mia Hart and Diana Hart." She said, pointing first to the girl with short hair, and then the girl with longer hair.

They were both smiling nervously, and waved to us. Diana spoke up then, "Actually, I go by Di." She said shyly, and Thalia and I smiled at her.

"Jess, what are their schedules?" I asked my half-sister.

"Same as yours. Also, they both seem remarkably similar to people at camp…" She said, and I understood her message-they might be demigods.

Thalia and I led them to the Greek classroom, where Chiron was about to explain the assignment.

"Annabeth, dear, will you please introduce these girls?" He asked politely.

"This is Mia Hart and Diana Hart, who goes by Di, and they are adopted sisters." I say, pointing at both girls as I introduce them.

"Why don't you girls tell us something about you, first?" Chiron persisted.

Mia stood up first, her hazel eyes alight with excitement. "So I'm Mia and I love to garden and love plants. I never knew my mother, and my dad died when I was about 3 years old." She said, and we all immediately turned to Katie, assuming that Mia was a daughter of Demeter.

Then Di stood up. "Um, so my name is Diana, and I go by Di. I love to sing and I love summer time, unlike Mia, I never knew my dad, and my mom died when I was 2 years old." She said, and then sat down.

We all exchanged looks. It looks like there is a daughter of Demeter and a daughter of Apollo.

In the corner of my eye I noticed Nico staring at Di. I smirked slightly.

Chiron cleared his throat. "Alright then, the assignment is this-I want you all to get in groups of 5 or 6 and interview someone in Greek and write down their answers in Greek as well."

I nudged Thalia and Percy, then pointed to Nico, who was still staring at Diana.

They laughed silently.

"Nico, how about me, you, Diana, Percy and Annie work together, okay?" Thalia asked, an amused look in her eyes.

He looked very excited and we all had a hard time keeping our laughs in.

"So how about I interview Thalia, Thals interview Seaweed Brain, Seaweed Brain interviews Nico, Nico interviews Di and Di interviews me. Okay?" I say, getting straight to the point.

Diana looks slightly confused. "Um… Seaweed Brain…?" She asks and Thalia and I laugh.

"Sorry, Seaweed Brain is Percy and Death Breath is Nico." I explain and she nods.

Percy pipes up. "This'll be interesting. Since Thals, Nico and I are cousins, and Wise Girl and I know each other better than anyone, and Thalia and Annabeth are like sisters." He says, and we laugh.

Diana frowns. "Is Wise Girl Annabeth?" she asked.

Thalia nodded. "Yeah, but Percy is the only one who is allowed to call her that, just like Annie is the only one who can call Percy Seaweed Brain. And I'm the only one that can get away with calling Annabeth Annie." She explains and Diana laughs.

"So let's start. What is your name, your full name, Thals?" I ask, though I know this already.

Diana looks shocked. "I can understand you perfectly!" She says, and the rest of us exchange looks.

"That's awesome!" Nico says, his eyes never leaving her face. She notices this and blushes slightly.

Thalia grits her teeth. "Annie, my name is Thalia. That's it." I give her a look.

"Fine! Thalia Grace." She says, looking annoyed.

I keep asking Thalia stupid questions like this, then she interviews my Seaweed Brain.

Seaweed Brain then interviews Nico. Which is as boring as we had expected, considering Percy knows Nico very well.

Then, it gets interesting when Nico begins to interview Di.

He asks her a few things, then gives us all a look.

"Is there anything remarkably special or different about you?" He asked carefully.

She thinks for a moment. "Well, I am ADHD and dyslexic. And I skipped a few grades, I really am 14 years old." Nico looked like he won the lottery.

"Same with me!" He says. He looks so happy.

I lean into Percy. "He looks happier than I have seen him in a while." I whisper.

He nods. "It's nice. It's like the old Nico is back. He better not ask those stupid questions again though." He says, shuddering slightly.

Thalia, who had overhead our comments, laughed. "He had known you for like a minute and asked if you and Annabeth were dating. You two were so oblivious!" She said.

The two of us blushed slightly.

Breaking us away from our conversation, Diana turns to me.

"Can I interview you, now?" She asked politely and I nodded.

It went by quickly, and very soon the bell rang, and Chiron waved goodbye to us.

Katie, who was in Mia's group, walked up to me. "I think she's a demigod." She whispers.

I nod. "Same for Diana." I reply.

We walk all the way to English, Mia politely chatting with Connor and Juliet, and Nico intently conversing with Diana.

Once we arrived at the English room, Percy and I sought out Paul, to explain our situation to him.

"So 2 more demigods!? Is that safe?" He asked.

We shrugged. "I think so." Percy says.

As if on cue, we heard a crash and screams from outside.

"Man." Percy mumbled.

Paul nodded to all of us and we ran outside to see 10 hellhounds.

This should be interesting.

We made quick business of killing them all, but one hit me very hard and I was momentarily dizzy.

I was vaguely aware of Percy killing the monster then running over to me.

But I was so dizzy and unfocused I couldn't see him.

It was just like in Tartarus.

"PERCY!? I can't… Where are… Percy? Did you- did you leave me?" I asked, feeing extremely vulnerable. I fell to my knees.

I felt arms wrapping around me and soothing words being murmured into my ear.

Then I was back.

I throw my arms around Percy and cry silently into his shoulder.

I notice Calypso walking towards us with a guilty expression.

I wiped the tears from my face as she turns to us.

"I'm really sorry, Annabeth. I was just jealous. I had gotten my heart broken so many times, that I decided to get my revenge." She said, looking upset at her decision.

I shake my head. "It's okay, really. I'm fine now." She nods.

Then we hear two screams.

We turn to the doors.

There are Diana and Mia.

Oh great. This should be interesting.